Fox Facts & Trivia

Fox Facts

A female fox is called a “vixen” and a male fox is called a “dog fox” or a “tod”

Foxes are a type of dog and they are the only ones that are able to retract their claws

When fox pups are born, they are unable to see, hear, or walk

Foxes eat just about anything, ranging from berries to birds

Grey foxes are the only type of dogs that can climb trees

A fox’s den is an underground burrow

Foxes are members of the dog family.

Fox are loners except mating season.

Foxes are omnivorous mammals that are light on their feet.

Baby foxes live with parents until over six months old

The fennec fox weighs only 3 pounds and lives in the Sahara.

An Arctic Fox can handle temperatures at -70 Celsius.

A group of foxes is called a skulk and leash.

There are 37 species of foxes, but only 12 belong to the genus vulpes or true foxes.

Foxes are around the same size as medium-sized dogs

The Red Fox is the most common.

Bat eared foxes listen for insects

A fox is much like a cat in being a night animal with vision and hunting style.

Foxes have whiskers on their legs and face, which help them to navigate

Grey foxes can retract their claws like cats do

Red foxes can reportedly hear a watch ticking 40 yards away!

Foxes have musky smell comes from scent glands at the base of their tail

A fox can run at a speed of about 23 miles per hour for short periods of time.

The fox doesn’t attack or kill humans.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora

Family: Canidae

Fox Movies

My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox,(2011)

Fantastic Mr Fox, (2009)

The Fox and the Child, (2007)

The Fox and the Hound, (1982)

A Life of a Silver Fox, (1973)

Robin Hood, (1973)

The Belstone Fox, (1973)

Fox Songs

Fox on the Run by Sweet

Fox on the Run, Manfred Mann

Foxes Mate For Life, Born Ruffian’s

Sly Fox by Nas

The Fox by Elton John

Famous Foxes

Crazy Like A Fox, TV Show

Foxy Loxy, from Disney’s Chicken Little

Marist College Red Foxes, Sports team

Mr. Fox, from the book and movie “Fantastic Mr. Fox”

Pablo the Little Red Fox, A BBC Series

Robin Hood and Maid Marian, From Disney’s Robin Hood

Swiper, from the TV series “Dora the Explorer”

The Fox Family, Animated Series Maple Town

Tod, from the movie “The Fox and the Hound”

Vic, from the movie “The Little Fox”

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